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A malachite finish ceramic urn by Tomato Barbi, Milano 1970
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in London, GB
Impressive centrepiece in ceramic by Tommaso Barbi, decorated in his signature malachite finish with feature gilt zig zag frieze on black band.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
A solid malachite vide poche block, Italy 1970
Located in London, GB
Vide Poche, fashioned from a substantial solid block of raw malachite.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Malachite
An ice bucket by Alexandre Noll, France 1950s
By Alexandre Noll
Located in London, GB
Exquisite work by Noll in turned walnut, with mounted brass base and glass liner.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Walnut
A hand carved African head by sculptor Arthur Dupagne, Belgium - first half 20th
By Arthur Dupagne
Located in London, GB
Massive granite block carved into a fine African head. The work attributed to 20th century sculptor Arthur Dupagne 1895-1961 - Belgian School.
Arthur D...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Expressionist Busts
Materials
Granite
An Italian specimen style marble coffee table 1950s
Located in London, GB
It’s all about the quality of the Breccia marble - almost specimen like displaying a variety of black, grey and red inclusions reminiscent of an abstract expressionist composition. W...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Stainless Steel
A rare Valsuani silvered bronze vase of prancing horses, Paris 1930
Located in London, GB
A silvered bronze vase with a frieze of prancing horses, bears incised monogram of French foundry Valsuani. Signed M Divani.
Marcello Valsuani emigrated from Italy to France and wor...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Vases
Materials
Silver, Bronze
A rare carrara marble table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti c1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in London, GB
Rare model design by Mangiarotti.
Hollowed cylindrical Carrara marble table lamp, three slashed arc openings for light including signature circular three finger hand grip at rear.
...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble
A Cubist Expressionist work on canvas, Eastern European, c1920
Located in London, GB
Stunning period Cubist oil painting on canvas with strong Futurist undertones, carries Cyrillic script as part of the composition. Visceral quality to the brushwork and application o...
Category
Vintage 1920s European Futurist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Ceramic bust African woman with flame lips by The Weiner Werkstatte, Vienna 1930
By Josef Hoffmann and Konrad Schindel for Wiener Werkstatte
Located in London, GB
A rare Wiener Werkstätte ceramic, beautifully stylised as the head of a young African woman with flame orange lips. Overall in a black glaze, with enigmatic tilt to the composition a...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
A two tone parchment buffet - style of Adnet, Paris, c1930
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Incredibly chic French storage cabinet on ribbed block supports in the manner of designer Jacques Adnet. The frame in black lacquer, the cabinet veneered in original blond vellum par...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Materials
Hardwood
Original French Louis XIV walnut throne wing armchair, 18th century
Located in London, GB
Rich patina and warm walnut tones, with wingback headrest and beautifully scrolled arms, the lower frame comprises an H-form cross stretcher with intricate turned legs. Newly upholst...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Palazzo Sacchetti Walnut Cassone Inlaid Engraved Fruitwood Marquetry, 17th C
Located in London, GB
A stunning, noble and important early piece - sourced on the art market some time ago with a provenance of the famous Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome. With a rectangular top above a roundel ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood
Set of 2 - Framed Female Fluid Nudes by Barry Flanagan RA OBE, signed - c1990
By Barry Flanagan
Located in London, GB
Lithographs on arches, with initials, inscribed AP and numbered in pencil.
Published by Waddington Graphics, London.
In new high quality black ash box frames.
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
bespoke artist - ceramic sculpture Coffee Table, available in custom finishes
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
Inspired by a narrow gorge called the ‘Siq’ which is a particular way to approach Petra from the East, the winding path ends dramatically at the foot of Al-Khazneh.
The base compr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Ta...
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
bespoke Kafka Dining Chair, Design by Toad Gallery London
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
England, circa 2019
A sleek contemporary dining chair with a striking graphic silhouette. Kafka has curves, contours and a timeless complimentary form. Made in England, hand joine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak
An Egyptian revival bronze wall hanging of Horus, Berlin Foundry - late 19th C
Located in London, GB
Exquisite decorative architectural element, a wall hanging of generous scale. Sand cast bronze, with old verdigris patination and painstaking detail to the composition, the scales and twin heads of Horus. The energy expressed in beautiful coiled, tensile form. Bronze castings have a long tradition in Berlin, the most renown being the Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck that operated from 1851 until 1926. Horus, a god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing. Falcon cults, which were in evidence from late predynastic times, were widespread in Egypt. This coiled serpent form is equally reminiscent of Nehebkau a primordial snake god in ancient Egyptian mythology. Ultimately considered a powerful, benevolent and protective deity, he is described as a companion of the sun god Re.
Egyptian revival:
Egyptian culture first enchanted the West when Cleopatra captured the hearts of legendary Romans Julius Caesar...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Egyptian Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Menhir organic design Coffee Table, customisable design by Toad Gallery London
Located in London, GB
A homage to ‘Single Form’ a work by artist Barbara Hepworth and named after monumental standing stones, typically dating from the European middle Bronz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Steel, Chrome
Bespoke console trestle table by Toad Gallery London - hand crafted and scalable
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
Elegant and minimal console table featuring hand forged blackened steel base made by master blacksmith. Topped with birch ply, hand finished usin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Console Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Steel
Bespoke - Menhir Monumental Table/Desk Designed by Toad Gallery London
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
Named after standing stones, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age and found at archaeological sites solely as monoliths, or as part of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Steel
Fragment Trestle Series Desk/Table by Toad, bespoke edition
Located in London, GB
Elegantly combining antique hand forged iron with beautiful fragmented live edge Tivoli marble.
Available to order - lead time: 6 weeks.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Desks and Writing T...
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Baalbek, Trapezoidal Sofa Daybed by Toad Gallery, bespoke edition
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
A decadent three-seat sofa daybed of sculptural trapezoidal form inspired by the fallen architectural ruins of the ancient city of Baalbek, a Levantine outpost on the Roman frontier....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Post-Modern Daybeds
Materials
Ash
Set of Four JH513 Oak Armchairs by Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen C1957
Located in London, GB
Graceful, intellectual and timeless design. Incredibly lines, exemplary joinery and construction. These highly collectable examples with the enviable combination of aged patina oak a...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Touareg High Footed Cedar Dish Inlaid with Hand Patterned Silver Relief 19th C
Located in London, GB
A stunning early work dating form the late 19th century from the South Western Sahara region of Morocco by the Touareg peoples. Impressive in scale, with intricate copper mounted sil...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Moroccan Tribal Centerpieces
Materials
Silver, Copper
Tree and malting by Michael A Evans, oil on canvas - signed, England - 1968
Located in London, GB
England, oil on canvas - 1968
Warm and leafy architectural composition of a malt house in profile with trees. Ochre and green hues applied in the British School style. A timeless an...
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
3 framed & signed pencil drawings of Indian gentlemen in regional dress, 19th C
Located in London, GB
Three highly charismatic and personal portrait drawings if Indian gentlemen. Dating from the late 19th century and in original glass and oak frames they portray a Pathan hillman and ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian British Colonial Drawings
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
A pair of Thomasville 'Ernest Hemingway' carved alder armchairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of Thomasville 'Ernest Hemingway' carved alder armchairs
modern, each with armrests carved in the manner of antelope antlers, upholstered in sumptuous blush velvet.
Provenan...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Colonial Revival Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Tenmoku stoneware bulbous bottle vase by Shoji Hamada, mid-century
By Shoji Hamada
Located in London, GB
With Hamada's beautiful signature 'sugar cane' pattern.
In perfect condition.
Provenance;
The library of a Gentleman, private collection Norfolk and London - UK.
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
A SOLID BRONZE AND VERDE MARBLE SEAHORSE TABLE FROM CLARIDGE'S LONDON - c1950s
Located in London, GB
Exceptional quality patinated bronze with sculptural detail - a brace of facing sea horses which terminate gracefully into hooved feet. Featuring two levels in verde marble with wond...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Neoclassical Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bespoke Mephisto table In Portland stone and terrazzo ceramic by Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
Designed with overtones of Memphis Milano and undertones of Art Deco, hand crafted from Portland stone using traditional terrazzo methods. The graphic silhouette offering a chic and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Side Tables
Materials
Stone
Liberty, a Patinated Lead Figurative Sculpture, France, c1900
Located in London, GB
A solid lead cast Art Nouveau statue of lady Liberty rendered in very fine detail, with exquisite aged patination. An immensely romantic depiction with incredible movement, flowing c...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Lead
Mahogany Liberty & Co 'Thebes ii' Stool by L Wyburd, England, C1900
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Iconic British design by L Wyburd for Liberty & Co with a ‘D’ shaped seat on tripod spayed leg supports joined by a triangular stretcher. Beautifully made and designed object, solid ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Stools
Materials
Mahogany
Beautifully Aged Vintage Tamegroute Pitcher / Vase C1920s
Located in London, GB
Original Tamegroute eathernware pitcher with vivid iconic deep green glaze specific to this small town on the edge of the Sahara. This version showing the qualities of earlier pieces...
Category
Vintage 1920s Moroccan Tribal Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Untitled, the Show Is over / Christopher Wool & Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1993
By Christopher Wool
Located in London, GB
United Kingdom - Offset Lithograph on Paper, from the original show 1993
Christopher Wool’s paintings and prints explore the confluence of image, text, and pattern. They often feature enigmatic, confrontational found phrases or illegible scribbles, which are either stencilled or plastered in black across flat white fields. The artist occasionally covers the compositions with spray-paint marks and screen-printed elements (some taken from his previous works), erasing and relayering as he goes. His process—which focuses on the possibilities of reproduction, appropriation, and accretion—is as important as the results themselves. Wool studied at Sarah Lawrence College and the New York Studio School. New York’s vibrant 1970s downtown No Wave and punk scenes became major influences, and Wool reached his mature style in the mid-1980s. Wool has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, and beyond, and his work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the Tate. His work has achieved eight figures on the secondary market.
Drawing from Minimalism and Conceptualism, Felix Gonzalez...
Category
1990s British Post-Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Hardwood, Paper
Pair of Matching Pentagon Art Deco Bedside Cerused Oak Cabinets, C1930s, France
Located in London, GB
Unusual and beautifully made cerused oak cabinets in pentagon form. With ebonised and gilt lacquer to top, plinth base and chic vertical handle. Door ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Pair of Bedside Satin Birch Bedside Cabinets Manner of Jean Pascaud, France 1940
By Jean Pascaud
Located in London, GB
Elegant Deco beautifully made matching Satin birch (lemon wood) cabinets with stunning patina. Original quality brass handles and opening via two hinged doors with a typical Pascaud ...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood
Bronze Head of Buddha 18th Century, Thailand
Located in London, GB
Bronze cast with delicate serene features, very refined detailing throughout. Featuring bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes, flanked by pendulous pierced ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Thai Tribal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Four X Frame Chairs by Pierre Jeanneret & Eulie Chowdhury, Chandigarh India 1959
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in London, GB
Chair known as ‘Cane seat wood back chair’ in solid teak and braided canework. Solid ‘banner’ type backrest, slanted and slightly curved. Canework seat and ‘X’ type double leg assembly, with the legs connected by a rail at the back.
Provenance: University Library in Chandigarh. High Court in Chandigarh (2nd series of furniture in 1960). Ref: Swiss National Museum in Zurich. City Museum in Chandigarh. Similar model in the catalogue ‘Phillips - Design London Day Sale’. Sale on 28/04/2015, lot no 69. Set of six sold for £37 500 / €52 455. Ref: MARG magazine, ‘Chandigarh’, 1961. Photo ref: Similar model in ‘Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India’ by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 219, 221, 250, 265, 283. Photo ref: Similar model in ‘Catalogue – Amie Siegel’ Ed Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed: die Keure 2014, pages 112, 136, 137. Photo ref: Similar model in ‘Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne’ by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 569 under reference: PJ-SI-51-A
Chandigarh a short history: Upon the request of Prime Minister Nehru at the end of the 1940’s, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, his cousin, were entrusted with an extraordinary project : the creation of the capital of Punjab, its urban scheme, its architecture and its furniture. Chandigarh’s furniture...
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Tlaquepaque Tonala Jug, Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico, C1940
By Pre-Columbian
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully decorative earthenware jug from the Tonala valley, depicting a ‘Tlaquepaque’ scene with the most beautiful glazed artisanal composition. Graphic vivid colours depicting...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Folk Art Pitchers
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Pair of Large Carved Moba Tchitchiri Sculptural Figures, Togo, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Striking in form, of light highly textured wood, two highly stylized anthropomorphic figures carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. These forms most probably we owned by a f...
Category
Vintage 1930s Togolese Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Composition with a Figure by Teddy Millington Drake, circa 1963
By Teddy Millington-Drake
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, Villa Albrizzi, Veneto, 1963
Teddy Millington-Drake (1932-1994) was a nomad, linguist, bon viveur, aesthete and master gardener, but above all an artist.
Discharged from service and in part inspired by his sister's anecdotes of her travels abroad, Millington-Drake embarked on a painting tour that took him to Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Syria. He then rented a house, the Villa Albrizzi at Este, Veneto in Italy, and became a more frequent painter, particularly now of abstract murals. He befriended Freya Stark, a writer and traveler who lived nearby, and in Venice he became friends with Daisy Fellowes, Peggy Guggenheim, Barbara Hutton and Elsa Maxwell. In Este, he painted continually and more boldly, turning his hand to abstract murals.
He later transformed a neglected Tuscan farmhouse in the village of Poggio which was co-decorated by his friend the designer John Stefanidis. There were vine-hung terraces and a skillfully landscaped garden. A swimming-POOL was built on a shelf cut into the Hillside, so that you felt yourself gliding towards the horizon, suspended in space as you swam. There Millington-Drake worked passionately at all forms of painting. There are haunting large abstracts inspired by Jung, hard-edged acrylic wave paintings and some intriguing semi-calligraphic works on paper based on phrases taken from the works of poets such as Cavafy, Mandelstam and Elizabeth Bishop...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Bespoke Kafka Dining Chair, Design by Toad Gallery London
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
England, circa 2019
A sleek contemporary dining chair with a striking graphic silhouette. Kafka has curves, contours and a timeless complimentary form. Made in England, hand joine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Ebonised Anglo-Indian Side Tables, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
India, circa 1860
A beautiful pair of turned ebonised Anglo-Indian side tables with stretched cowhide. Wonderful style and patina.
Dimensions: H 30cm x W 37cm X D 37cm.
Category
Antique 1850s Indian British Colonial Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Composition with a Figure by Teddy Millington Drake, circa 1963, Signed
By Teddy Millington-Drake
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, Villa Albrizzi - Veneto, 1963
Teddy Millington-Drake (1932-1994) was a nomad, linguist, bon viveur, aesthete and master gardener, but above all an artist.
Discharged from service and in part inspired by his sister's anecdotes of her travels abroad, Millington-Drake embarked on a painting tour that took him to Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Syria. He then rented a house, the Villa Albrizzi at Este, Veneto in Italy, and became a more frequent painter, particularly now of abstract murals. He befriended Freya Stark, a writer and traveler who lived nearby, and in Venice he became friends with Daisy Fellowes, Peggy Guggenheim, Barbara Hutton and Elsa Maxwell. In Este, he painted continually and more boldly, turning his hand to abstract murals.
He later transformed a neglected Tuscan farmhouse in the village of Poggio which was co-decorated by his friend the designer John Stefanidis. There were vine-hung terraces and a skillfully landscaped garden. A swimming-pool was built on a shelf cut into the hillside, so that you felt yourself gliding towards the horizon, suspended in space as you swam. There Millington-Drake worked passionately at all forms of painting. There are haunting large abstracts inspired by Jung, hard-edged acrylic wave paintings and some intriguing semi-calligraphic works on paper based on phrases taken from the works of poets such as Cavafy, Mandelstam and Elizabeth Bishop...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
'967' Table Light, Marianne Brandt and Hin Bredendiek, Germany, circa 1934
By H. Bredendiek, Marianne Brandt
Located in London, GB
The iconic original bauhaus design with desirable very dark green finish.
Made by Körting & Mathiesen, Leipzig. Iron base, tubular metal, sheet metal,. Marked: KANDEM badge.
L...
Category
20th Century German Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Flowing in the Right Direction by Peter Schmidt, 1971, Europaeische Graphik
Located in London, GB
Flowing in the Right Direction from Europaeische Graphik VII, 1971; lithograph printed in colours, signed and numbered 2/65 in pencil, printed by the Curwen Studio, published by Wolfgang Ketter, with their blindstamp. Note: For a similar example see Tate PO6459
Presented in a new hardwood ebonised box frame.
About the artist:
Peter Schmidt...
Category
Vintage 1970s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Organic bespoke - Menhir Sculptural Table/Desk Designed by Toad Gallery London
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
Named after standing stones, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age and found at archaeological sites solely as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Dining Room Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Steel
Impressive Architectural Gilded Decorative Door Panel, Italy, Early 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Northern Italy, early 18th century
With feature generously proportioned gilded scrolls surmounted with an acanthus leaf crest motif. Would be stunning if re-appropriated as a full height mirror...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Doors and Gates
Materials
Gold Leaf
Postmodern 'Loto' Cast Iron Side Table by Hans von Klier
By Hans Von Klier, Zanotta
Located in London, GB
Produced by Zanotta, Milan, 1990s.
Cast iron base, anti-scratch embossed paint, anthracite color; conical element in replex, anthracite-colored recycled plastic with support rod ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Beautiful Art Glass Vase with Purple Wave Pattern, Signed Vasart, 20th Century
By Vasart
Located in London, GB
A vivid pale green and pink art glass vase with swirling purple wave pattern Of convenient bucket shape. To the base is the raised button pontil ty...
Category
20th Century Scottish Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Heavy Gilt Bronze Pricket Terminating in Three Bird Feet, 20th C
Located in London, GB
A beautifully proportioned, Art Nouveau character piece. Mellow lustrous patina, solid and heavy construction. From the Alsace region of France.
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Torchères
Materials
Brass
